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Daystar Christian Centre won’t reopen on Sunday despite the go-ahead to that effect by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, its Senior Pastors Sam and Nike Adeyemi have stated. Rather, it would continue to meet online until physical congregation becomes safe, they added. ...

The battle for the control of the Edo State House of Assembly has taken a melodramatic turn as a voodoo priestess and spiritual leader of Ekutetebite Negwogho group, Princess lnibokun lmasemwenbor stormed the complex to curse opponents of Governor Godwin ...

Kwara State High Court in Ilorin on Thursday penalised the Saraki family for their persistent absence to prosecute the case over ownership of the controversial “Ile-Arugbo” between the family and Kwara state government. Following repeated failures of counsel to the ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has introduced a dedicated public election result viewing portal, known as “The INEC Result Viewing (IReV)”. The commission said IRev would enable Nigerians to view polling unit results in real time as voting ends ...

China, where the coronavirus was detected last December, is now facing a new health threat from another virus, that is tick-borne. The virus causes a disease called “Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (SFTS). According to reports, it has already killed ...

Nigerian Police have begun a massive manhunt for unidentified gunmen, who stormed a church in the southern state of Bayelsa on Wednesday night, leaving a trail of blood and destruction. The attackers, suspected to be cultists killed a couple and ...

President Muhammadu Buhari is meeting with Edo All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu at the moment. Chairman of APC Caretaker Committee, Governor Mai Mala Buni, led Ize-Iyamu to the meeting. Others on the entourage of the party ...

A 20-year-old fashion designer, Ayomide Taiwo, is lying unconscious after allegedly being attacked by a yet-to-be identified policeman attached to the Ibokun Divisional Headquarters, Osun State, on Tuesday. Ayomide, a resident of Owena, was travelling back to his base from ...

The two drivers of the bullion van conveying money from Enugu State to Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, last week, which was attacked by four armed robbers, on Thursday narrated how they escaped from the robbers with the van. Recall ...

The chairmanship election of the Nigerian Medical Association, Enugu branch yesterday evening turned bloody as thugs invaded the venue and scatted the whole process. The thugs are believed to have been hired by a faction of the body.   Members ...

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has expressed reservation and concern over what it called needless donation of operational vehicles to serving Judges at a time of massive unemployment and retirees unpaid their gratuities. The party said that across the country, ...

Dr. Stella Immanuel, the woman who took the world by storm last month when she claimed that Hydroxychloroquine is the potential cure for Coronavirus, is in the news again. This time, she said God had called her to usher His ...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has expressed surprise that the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will support its candidate in the Edo State governorship election, Osagie Ize-Iyamu despite the weighty allegations against him. Speaking as Guest on a ...

A yet-to-be-identified woman lost her life on Friday when a tanker crashed around the Nigerian Army Signal Barracks in the Mile 2 area of Lagos State. The tanker driver was said to be conveying 55,000 litres of petrol to a ...

Governors in Nigeria’s north west are considering reconciliation with bandits to end the security challenges facing the region. The suggestion was made by Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, during a visit to his counterpart in Zamfara, Bello Matawalle. It comes ...

Ariana Grande has shared some stunning bikini pics with her fans as she revelled in her romantic getaway with new beau Dalton Gomez. The 27-year-old singer has been basking in the Utah sunshine while on holiday at Canyon Point and ...

For the first time in Quebec’s lottery history, a winner was handed a $6 million check from a life-sized robot built by college students, according to lottery officials. After 25 years of playing the same lucky numbers, Guylaine Desjardins, a ...

The Presidency on Wednesday asked Nigerians not to reject repentant Boko Haram fighters unless they want the terrorists to take up arms and resume terrorism from which they’ve repented. The presidency also dismissed as untrue, the insinuation that the current ...

Some men on Thursday vandalised the Edo State House of Assembly and removed its roof. According to a video shared by Channels Television, the men were seen removing the iconic legislative mace on the top of the building. The video ...

A schoolboy was mauled to death by a pair of brown bears that dragged him inside their cage as he apparently tried to impress two girls. The 11-year-old youngster, named only as Nikita, was thrown around “like a ball” by ...

A man identified as Mr. Anointing, (not real name) was arrested for sexually abusing an 11yr-old girl who hails from Ezza North local government area of Ebonyi State. The suspect usually sends the primary 5 pupil, Onyinye Uche, on errands ...

Here are photos from the 40th-day Fidau prayers for former Oyo state governor, Abiola Ajimobi which took place in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital today. The former governor died on June 25 following complications from coronavirus.  More photos below…   ...

Hundreds of placard–wielding women from Awba Ofemili in Awka North local government area of Anambra State yesterday stormed the Government House, Awka to protest the alleged harassment of their traditional ruler, Igwe Ezekwesili Maduagwuna and the continued border skirmishes between ...

Two members of a syndicate who specialized in duping unsuspecting members of the public of their hard earned money under the pretense of ‘washing dollars’ for them have been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command. The two suspects; ...

At least 10 people were killed and more than 3,300 homes ruined by flooding triggered by torrential rains across much of Sudan this week, the country’s civil defence organisation said Thursday. Some 1,800 homes were completely destroyed while just over ...